Contents tagged with health insurance
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The Primary Solution: Mending Texas’ Fractured Health Care System
The Primary Solution: Mending Texas’ Fractured Health Care System
By Jonathan Nelson, Kate McCann, Tom Banning, Carrie Kroll and Michelle Romero
As we prepare for the 2009 legislative session, … more
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America’s health care price tag: An inflationary tale
By Roland A. Goertz, M.D., M.B.A.
What is it that makes American health care so expensive compared to every other developed country? I am often asked that question, and giving an accurate or simple answer is difficult. Instead of a long list of items that underlie the problem, I will describe four well-intended processes that I believe have created an inherently inflationary model of care. We have all benefited from the creation of the four processes, but we now pay a huge price for maintaining them.
Health Insurance
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Texas Sunset Advisory Commission hears testimony on inadequacy of state oversight of health insurance
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission hears testimony on inadequacy of state oversight of health insurance
CPPP report calls for pro-consumer reforms to TDI regulatory power
By Jonathan Nelson
Texans … more
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Number of underinsured balloons 60 percent, according to a study
Number of underinsured balloons 60 percent, according to a study
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund found that the number of underinsured adults in the United States has increased 60 percent … more
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What’s inside managed care’s black box?
What’s inside managed care’s black box?
By Jonathan Nelson
As the sun sets on the Texas Department of Insurance, opportunities abound to sneak a peek at how health insurers do business
Here’s a … more
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Feeling the health insurance squeeze
By Linda Siy, M.D.
TAFP President, 2007-2008We are inundated almost daily with tales of escalating health care costs, exploding health insurance premiums and horror stories from small businesses that have been forced to drop health insurance and families who have lost coverage.
Health care costs have long outpaced the rest of the economy. In 2008, health insurance premiums are projected to increase at more than twice the rate of inflation. Yet most employers simply accept this as a cost of doing business. But what are we getting in return for these exorbitant health insurance premiums?
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AAFP to lawmakers: Health insurance market consolidation hurts family physicians
AAFP to lawmakers: Health insurance market consolidation hurts family physicians
Consolidation of the nation’s health insurance industry hurts health care quality and threatens patients’ access to … more
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What if auto insurance was run like health insurance?
By Stephen Benold, M.D.
Imagine that there are three entities in our parable: the filling station is the doctor’s office, the auto parts store is the pharmacy, and the garage or repair shop is the hospital.
The Filling Station
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